In his Boston theaters history book, Don King mentions that as of May 1, 1908, the Theatre Premier advertised that it had installed 14 electric fans. On May 4th, they presented a film “that talked – the Humanova”! This consisted of live actors sitting behind the screen, reading the dialog, if you can imagine something quite so zany!

After looking up the several other businesses shown in that photo, and scoring a hit on ‘Dario Woodworking’, I have concluded that the photo shows the Fairmount Theatre in Hyde Park. I’ve added an appropriate link and comment to that page.